Charter School Students Qualify for National Science Competition

Students from won second place overall this past Saturday, March 24 at the State Science Olympiad Tournament at Southern Polytechnic University.

This is the fourth time in FSA history that the Science Olympiad Team has placed second in the State Competition and has qualified to represent the state of Georgia in the National Science Olympiad Tournament to be held May 17-18 at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

The team achieved its best performance to date in a state tournament, taking first place in seven of the 23 events and coming within 7 points of JC Booth Middle School who has won the tournament every year since 1992.

FSA Principal, Kenan Sener said, "I am very proud of our students and coaches for these excellent results. After all their time and hard work, it is wonderful that our team has qualified to go to Nationals and represent Georgia.”

There are more than 6,000 Science Olympiad teams across the country. FSA’s highest ranking has been 25th at the national level. This year, the students are targeting to be in the top 10 in the nation. 

“I will not be surprised if our students achieve this goal. Our students and coaches are so dedicated, and they are extremely excited for this national competition. I would like to congratulate J.C. Booth Middle School as well. They always give us a great challenge, and they help us to improve every year,” Sener said.

Individual highlights included:

Anatomy – Coached by Mrs. Gandhi

7th Place - SiriChoragudi and NeetiShirke

Awesome Aquifers – Coached by Mrs. Walsh

3rd Place - AbhinaySuram and ShubhamTiwari

Bottle Rockets – Coached by Mr. Tiwari and Mr. Seker

1st Place - Chris Chung and ShubhamTiwari

Crime Busters – Coached by Mr. Vazquez

10th Place–Samantha Lang and Chris Chung

Disease Detectives – Coached by Mrs. Gandhi

5th Place -SiriChoragudi and NeetiShirke

Dynamic Planet – Coached by Mrs. Walsh

7th Place – AbhinaySuram and Krush Patel

Experimental Design – Coached by Mrs. Veillette

3rd Place - Samantha Lang, JJ Lu, and Chris Chung

Food Science – Coached by Mrs. Broadwell

3rd Place – SiriChoragudi and Samantha Lang

Forestry – Coached by Mrs. Butler

1st Place - MuskanRaghuwanshi and Lilly Webster

Keep the Heat – Coached by Mr. Chatrathi and Mr. Ghose

8th Place – Ananya Ghose and AbhinaySuram

Meteorology – Coached by Mrs. Walsh

3rd Place- Lilly Webster and MuskanRaghuwanshi

Microbe Mission – Coached by Mrs. Panchap

1st Place- SiriChoragudi and NeetiShirke

Mission Possible – Coached by Mr. and Mrs. Harney

4th Place – Lilly Webster and Andrew Lang

Mousetrap Vehicle – Coached by Mr. Vazquez

2nd Place - Krush Patel and AbhinaySuram

Optics – Coached by Mrs. Walsh

1st Place – Christina Lucas and JJ Lu

Reach for the Stars – Coached by Mrs. Walsh

5th Place – Lilly Webster and Shubham Tiwari

Road Scholar – Coached by Mrs. Stathos

4th Place – JJ Lu and MuskanRaghuwanshi

Rocks and Minerals – Coached by Mrs. Oncul

1st Place – Lilly Webster and Muskan Raghuwanshi

Storm the Castle – Coached by Mr. Okumus

2nd Place – Krush Patel and Abhinay Suram

Towers – Coached by Mr. Okumus